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TL;DR Google’s October 2025 update is landing now for Pixel 7 and newer devices.
None of the glitches being patched sound too severe, and most target stability issues.
There is one fix specifically for new Pixel 10 handsets, addressing “frozen or fuzzy” screen output.
We may be firmly into the second week of October by now, but with the month getting started mid-week like it did, that’s meant having to wait a few days to get our hands on Google’s latest updates for its Pixel hardware. Yesterday, Verizon offered us a taste of what to expect, previewing the changes in the October 2025 Pixel update, and now we’re finally seeing Google make those updates available.
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Over on its Pixel community forums, Google shares word of its October Pixel updates, fleshing out some of the details already shared by Verizon. Here’s what the company says we can expect from today’s release: Display & Graphics Fix for screen flickering and sudden shutdown issues under certain conditions [Pixel 7 series]
Fix for issue occasionally causing frozen or fuzzy display under certain conditions [Pixel 10 series] System Fix for issue occasionally causing system instability under certain conditions [Pixel Tablet] User Interface Fix for an issue where a semi-transparent background would persist after the camera was launched under certain conditions [Pixel 7 — Pixel 10 series]
Fix for issue where the flashlight status does not appear on the At a Glance widget in certain conditions [Pixel 9 — Pixel 10 series]
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